The Ghost King turned his head in pain and said, "Let me go."
Hongjun, "!!!"
Li Jinglong, "…"
"Wow." The Carp Demon said, "You can finally speak?"
"Where … is this place?" The Ghost King kept struggling. Li Jinglong hurriedly asked Lu Xu to send the fainted Mo Rigen back. Holding the Sword of Wisdom, he pointed it at the Ghost King.
"Who are you?" Li Jinglong said in a deep voice, "Who ordered you to come here? How do you detoxify the corpse poison spread by your subordinates! Speak! "
Li Jinglong held the Sword of Wisdom and pointed it at the Ghost King. The sword emitted a light.
"Untie my chains." The Ghost King replied in a deep voice, "Only you have the right to speak to me."
His voice was low and hoarse. Only when he spoke did his chest rise and fall. Hongjun said, "Let him go."
Li Jinglong hesitated for a moment. The Ghost King said again, "Otherwise, you can't restrain me with just these chains. I will be free by tonight at the latest. When that time comes, don't blame me for being ruthless."
Li Jinglong said in a deep voice, "If it weren't for Hongjun's plea, I wouldn't have let you go. But you have to know that I'm not afraid of you."
As he spoke, Li Jinglong put away the Sword of Wisdom and spread his hands. Hongjun handed the Mo Sword to him. Li Jinglong's left hand flashed with the Sacrificial Heart Lamp. The Ghost King roared and turned his head in fear, not daring to look directly at the light. Then Li Jinglong's wrist turned. "Ding ding", he cut off the Ghost King's bindings. The Ghost King staggered and almost fell in front of the two.
"I'm going to treat them first." Li Jinglong replied, "I have too many things to ask you."
Thus, Hongjun led him through the corridor. The Ghost King was tall and big, even taller than Li Jinglong. If he wasn't careful, he would bump into the carved railings of the wind chimes at the bottom of the corridor. He had no choice but to bend down from time to time.
"Ghost King." Hongjun said, "My friends have been poisoned by your corpse poison in the previous few battles. Can it be cured? "
"Although I was a king when I was alive, I'm no longer the king of ghouls after I died. You can call me Liu Fei, and the same goes for General," Liu Fei replied, "The real king is someone else."
"No way!" Hongjun exclaimed. "There's more?!"
"The King is still asleep." Liu Fei entered Mo Rigen's room. Lu Xu was beside him. He glanced at Liu Fei from time to time and gave up his spot in front of the bed. Liu Fei said to Lu Xu, "Thank you." Lu Xu didn't understand. Liu Fei stretched out his slender grayish-blue index finger and opened Mo Rigen's eyelids. He glanced at them and then checked the scars on his body.
"They were caused by the poison in my subordinates' weapons." Liu Fei replied, "What about the others?"
Hongjun then took Liu Fei to see Geshu Han. At this time, Geshu Han was on his deathbed. The room was full of generals. When they saw Liu Fei, they shouted, "Monster!" Then they all drew their swords, ready to fight Liu Fei to the death. Hongjun explained that he was here to treat Geshu Han. Liu Fei then looked at Geshu Han and said, "This one isn't going to make it. It's the same poison."
Hongjun then asked him to look at the Old Madame. Liu Fei glanced at her and said, "She's been poisoned by the God of Plagues. Unlike them, she'll slowly recover with medicine. Is there anyone else?"
When they returned to the hall, Li Jinglong had already ordered the soldiers in the barracks to be sent over. In a moment, they filled the drill ground. Liu Fei walked over and finally said, "There's no need to look at them anymore. They're all the same."
"Can they be saved?" Hongjun asked anxiously.
Liu Fei nodded. At this time, Hongjun finally let out a sigh of relief.
"Save them now. Otherwise, they won't be able to survive the night." Liu Fei replied, "I'll write down the prescription now. Send someone to prepare the medicine. It must be done as soon as possible."
Then Liu Fei began to prescribe the antidote to the poison. It was actually arsenic, hook kiss, viper's saliva, and other highly toxic substances. Hongjun looked at the prescription and was shocked. "This …"
"Send it over." Li Jinglong said instead, "If he wants them to die, he doesn't need to prescribe this kind of medicine. It's enough to just wait."
Hongjun thought about it and also ordered someone to prepare it. Liu Fei said again, "Bring a vat of water."
Not long after, the soldiers carried in a vat full of water. Liu Fei borrowed Hongjun's throwing knife, pulled up his arm, and made a cut on his arm. The wound was like a rubber tree, oozing out ink-black blood filled with black mist. It dripped into the vat and dyed the entire vat pitch-black.
"After the medicine is boiled, add a spoonful of the corpse king's blood to each bowl." Liu Fei said, "Give it to everyone at once. By noon tonight, the poison will be removed."
At night, the General's Mansion was brightly lit with a large pot of boiling medicine.
Liu Fei sewed the wound with a needle and thread. It was inconvenient to tie a knot at the end, so Hongjun took it and personally tied the knot for him.
"Now, I think we can talk openly and honestly." Li Jinglong said.
"I had a long dream." Liu Fei leaned on the couch and asked, "Is there wine?"
"You're dead and you still want to eat?" The Carp Demon said.
"Even a walking corpse has to drink water." Liu Fei said casually, "Otherwise, I'll dry up too quickly."
Hongjun, "…"
Li Jinglong ordered someone to bring wine and poured it for Liu Fei, saying, "I'll drink with you. Hongjun can't drink."
"What kind of monster are you?" Liu Fei looked sideways at Hongjun with some surprise in his eyes and asked, "Phoenix?"
Li Jinglong said, "General Liu, we're still enemies and not friends. Don't be too familiar."
"I'm going to take a look at the medicine." Hongjun replied and got up to leave.
Liu Fei's gray-blue face showed a strange smile, but when he smiled, he had the temperament of a wastrel. He casually replied, "I'm just a military ruffian. Today's world is no longer my Han Dynasty. Whether you're a human or a monster, this general has no intention of competing with you. Why do you have to be so aggressive?"
"You're the aggressive one." Li Jinglong said in a deep voice, "Your army swept across the Great Wall. How awe-inspiring was that? Who knows how many people lost their homes and families because of it? "
Liu Fei took a sip of wine and stared at Li Jinglong, murmuring, "A person's life lasts a hundred years. Eventually, he will die. Why do you have to be so persistent?"
"Even if I'm not afraid of death." Li Jinglong didn't give in at all and said, "Even if I'm alive, I still have thoughts of living. Seeing through life and death myself is different from being killed by you, isn't it? "
Liu Fei raised his eyebrows slightly and replied, "These words remind me of an old friend of mine."
Li Jinglong was stunned. Liu Fei muttered, "What's his name again? I forgot for a moment … His surname is Li. I think his name is Li Guang. Yes, Li Guang!"
Li Jinglong: "…"
Liu Fei: "Twenty years ago, you had a poem called 'As long as Long Cheng's flying general is here, he won't teach the horses to cross the Yin Mountain'. It was because of this life and death promise that I followed the Ghost King and stationed the army in Yadan. I've been stationed there for nearly nine hundred years."
Li Jinglong said in disbelief, "Why?!"
"To guard the Great Wall." Liu Fei changed his posture and casually leaned back. His long hair was scattered, and he looked at the wine in his cup in a daze. He said, "I didn't expect that I would unconsciously have a big dream …"
At this time, Hongjun came back and sat beside Li Jinglong. When he heard the second half of the sentence, he couldn't help but ask, "What did you dream of?"
"I dreamt of my wife." Liu Fei said in a daze, "Presumably, she has already become a skeleton and has been reincarnated. I dreamt of my first encounter with her in Shang Lin Yuan …"
Hongjun suddenly remembered the dream he had. In the dream, he was in a garden full of blooming flowers. He turned his head and saw a beautiful girl passing by in the corridor. His eyes saw Liu Fei's dream. What was going on?!
Before Hongjun could ask, Li Jinglong said, "Since you're guarding the Great Wall and Yumen Pass, why are you attacking the people inside the pass?"
"I don't know." Liu Fei shook his head slowly and said, "Originally, we woke up once every ten years and went to Shazhou's Mogao Cave to meet the Deer God. But I didn't expect that … after waking up this time, two visitors came to Yadan King's tomb …"
"Wait!" Li Jinglong said in shock, "What do you mean by meeting the Deer God?"
At this time, Liu Fei seemed to feel something and looked out of the room.
The night was as dark as ink. A few crow's cries came from afar. Liu Fei said, "It's almost midnight."
After saying that, he stood up. A soldier rushed over in a panic and shouted, "Not good! After the Great General took the medicine, he, he … "
"It's fine." Liu Fei walked out of the door.
At this time, the dark clouds dispersed in the wind and a bright moon appeared in the sky. On the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the full moon sprinkled silver light on the earth.
Liu Fei stood outside the hall, dressed in a black and red battle robe, draped in the light of the moon. He held a wine bowl in his left hand and unbuttoned his right hand, revealing his scarred left chest. There was an obvious wound on his left chest.
He put his finger into the wound, pinched it with two fingers, and pulled it out. With a clear sound, he pulled out a dark green inner core!
The inner core shone brightly in Hongjun's surprised eyes. Immediately, Liu Fei dipped the inner core into the wine bowl. Under the moonlight, the wine bowl emitted a rippling green light.
"Since ancient times, who preached the Dao? Up and down were not formed, how could there be a test? "
Liu Fei carelessly raised the bowl and said, "The underworld is bright and dark, who can reach the pinnacle?"
"Life and death are endless, borrowing the power of heaven and earth to refine a trillion souls underground, into my cup of turbid wine … go!"
In that instant, a strange change seemed to take place between heaven and earth. Mo Rigen and Geshu Han, who were lying on the bed, and the soldiers on the drill ground who were on the verge of death, suddenly had spots of light appear on their foreheads. These spots of light flew across the night sky and formed a jade-like silver river!
"Dawn Star!"
"Great General — —!"
Everyone who was poisoned stopped breathing at the same time.
Hongjun and Li Jinglong looked at all this with shock. At that moment, Hongjun felt that in Liu Fei's wine bowl, there was a powerful force that surpassed life and death, interfering with the power of the spiritual veins in heaven and earth! The spots of light should have flown to the heavenly veins, but under the power of the Corpse King's inner core, they gathered in the wine bowl, like a vast and magnificent universe!
This was the first time Hongjun had seen the realm of life and death. Perhaps he would never forget this scene for the rest of his life.
Then, Liu Fei held the bowl with his left hand, dipped the fingers of his right hand into the bowl, and flicked it towards the sky.
"To the vast heavens, the beginning of all things."
Then, he flicked it towards the ground.
"To the fertile land of the Divine Land, the end of all living beings."
Then, Liu Fei confidently let go of the bowl of wine and poured it out. He shouted at the same time, "To the boundless world, the common living beings, the return of their souls!"
The inner core emitted a strong light and spun rapidly. With a whoosh, the tens of thousands of souls were all spun out!
Mo Rigen, who had stopped breathing, suddenly opened his eyes and gasped violently as if he had been awakened!
Geshu Han's chest rose and fell, and his eyes opened.
On the drill ground, the soldiers shouted in panic.
"He's alive — —!"
"He's awake! He's awake! "
"He's alive!"
Hongjun's scalp went numb. He didn't know that such a magnificent and mysterious technique existed in the world!
"I won't teach you." Liu Fei seemed to know what Hongjun was going to ask. He answered, "This technique is against the will of the heavens. No one can use it unless we are cursed forever."
As he spoke, Liu Fei raised his hand and the inner core returned to his hand. He stuffed it into his chest and turned to return to his seat. Lu Xu's joyful shout came from the backyard. Mo Rigen quickly walked into the hall. Hongjun shouted and rushed forward to hug Mo Rigen.
Mo Rigen was still in shock. He looked at Liu Fei, but Liu Fei only nodded indifferently. Li Jinglong hurriedly tidied his martial robe and said, "Thank you, General Liu."
Mo Rigen knew that Liu Fei had saved everyone's lives. He said in a low voice, "Thank you."
Liu Fei replied, "This matter started because of me, so it's my fault. I've caused a lot of trouble for all of you. There's no need to thank me."
Mo Rigen hadn't eaten for several days. Hongjun hurriedly went to ask for food. At this time, the outside of the General's Mansion was in chaos. Geshu Han had woken up, and a fast horse came to report that Qin Liang and the Jiedu Deputy Wang Lun had both recovered. To avoid trouble, Li Jinglong suggested that they move to the side courtyard to surround the stove and ask for food.
After a while, the soldiers set up a charcoal stove in the side courtyard and stewed a large pot of meat. Hongjun, Li Jinglong, Mo Rigen, and Lu Xu were all starving. They each held bowls and chopsticks and sat around the stove to eat dinner. Liu Fei leaned on the side and drank.
"What year is it now?" Liu Fei suddenly felt something and asked.
"It's the twelfth year of Tianbao." Li Jinglong said, "After the twelfth lunar month, it'll be the thirteenth year."
Liu Fei counted with his fingers but couldn't figure it out. He waved his hand and stopped thinking about him. He said, "If there's no war, we'll all sleep in the coffins. We'll only wake up once every ten years. On the night of the beginning of winter, we'll leave Yadan and pass through Yang Pass and Yumen Pass to prevent the Xiongnu from causing trouble."
Li Jinglong remembered what Liu Fei said before he cast the spell. He asked, "You said … there were two visitors that night?"
"Yes." Liu Fei nodded. "It's strange. The entrance to General Yadan's mausoleum is hidden. I don't know how they found their way in …"
Hongjun forgot to eat. Li Jinglong picked up some meat for him and told him not to starve. He also poured wine for Liu Fei. Liu Fei continued, "These two visitors said they were under the orders of the Demon King …"
"What?!" Hongjun, Li Jinglong, and Mo Rigen were shocked when they heard this.
Lu Xu: "???"
"Isn't the Demon King dead?!" Hongjun said in disbelief.
"Dead?" Liu Fei spread his hands and said, "I don't know."
Hongjun thought that it couldn't be his father, right? However, Li Jinglong glanced at Hongjun and guessed, "The Hei Jiao is still here. It's not dead."
Hongjun immediately understood. Liu Fei thought for a while and said, "… Let me and the King lead the ghoul army and return to Tianma."
"You and the King." Li Jinglong asked again, "Who is the King?"
"The King is from Qin." Liu Fei said casually, "He is the world's first Corpse Ghost to die in battle, and he is also our master. Legend has it that when the brave warriors of the world sacrifice their lives for the country and die a heroic death, they may be received by him. Their bodies are immortal, and they will become his subordinates."
"Where is he?" Mo Rigen felt that there must be an extremely important secret.
"I don't know." Liu Fei murmured, "Maybe he's still sleeping in the General's Mausoleum."
Everyone was silent for a moment, thinking and guessing. Only Lu Xu was still eating as if no one else was around.
"What happened after that?" Mo Rigen asked.
"Naturally, the King and I rejected him." Liu Fei answered casually and then fell silent, as if he was recalling the details. The others didn't disturb him. Not long after, he said again, "So I was ready to go. I went through Yadan to enter the Pass and went to Mogao Cave. But when I was about to reach Mogao Cave …"
"… Maybe it was on the way. Anyway, I can't remember clearly." Liu Fei said, "Then I started dreaming."
"You had a nightmare," Mo Rigen said.
"Yes," Liu Fei answered.
"What do you mean by 'going to Mogao Cave'?" Li Jinglong frowned and asked, "Why do we have to go to Mogao Cave?"
"Ghouls who die in battle are regarded as' demons'." Liu Fei answered, "But we think that ghouls are not the same kind as demons, so we can only reluctantly be classified as demons."
After Liu Fei died, he lived for nine hundred years as a ghoul. Perhaps he already had a rough idea of his identity. Hongjun didn't interrupt him. He heard Liu Fei say again, "Except when China is in trouble and the foreign tribes invade, we have to come out of our coffins to fight. For most of the remaining years, everyone is sleeping."
Mo Rigen's breath stopped, as if he had thought of something.
"Since we are sleeping, we need to dream." Liu Fei said, "The ruler who travels through dreams is the Deer God that has been born naturally in forests, grasslands, and deserts since ancient times."
Mo Rigen said in a low voice, "White Deer?"
"White Deer?" Liu Fei thought for a while and answered, "To be exact, it should be the Nine-Colored Deer."